Potty training?

Is anyone else starting to think about being brave and trying their los with a potty to get used to it? Hubby and I have been talking about it for a bit but now Bren is one I would like to make a start, although I am not sure if I am totally crazy lol!

I would also like to start early since number two will be due when Bren is around 17 months which is probably more of an average time to start potty training. I know there is no point attempting it then as there will be far too much going on and he will probably just revert back to nappies anyway.

Any advice from those with experience or who have done some reading up on it would be appreciated. :\) xx

We havent done much reading up on it but have been talking about trying it at the end of the month. Im going back to Scotland twice before then so don't see much point in trying before that. I really should do some reading up on it, just never seem to get the chance lol I'll also be interested to see if anyone else has done it xxx

We bought a potty when cole was 8 months old as I planned to start sitting him on it after meals/nappy changes to get him used to it.

My friends mum has potty trained 4 kids and countless grandkids and she's done exactly that from when they could sit up and they were all pretty much trained by 2.

Course what with cole being a chunder monkey refusing to eat the potty took a back seat but once the kitchen is done and sorted we are going to start trying. he responds very well to being praised so I think tons of praise for just sitting on it will be a good start.

I'd say you definately want to get bren used to it before no 2 arrives though, my friends 3rd was born when her son was 2 and they moved house just after and she kept putting it off cause of the new baby and move and now he's 2 1/2 and she's getting nowhere.

my way of thinking is that if we have another cole will be at least 2 so I'd rather have him well on the way with potty training before another arrives.

I certainly don't want to stillb e buying nappies when cole is 3!!!

Did you knwo there is a potty training forum here? Its pretty quiet but i was nosying the other day

No way am I even considering this yet - v brave of you to try!!! Through my work I have quite a bit of experience of toilet training children out of nappies (due to the special needs they are usually much older) but the same principals apply and really until they are showing signs of knowing that they are wet or weeing or dirty or pooing then it is fairly useless trying to start. But this is my expereince not the rules and I haven't actually looked at anything to do with babies and training. Not yet for us!

gosh that is brave. I haven't. thought about it yet guess its one other thing to get my head around. But as you say don't really want him in nappies when he is 3 either! mmmm maybe I need to read up on this!

We have decided to start getting Ollie used to the potty, but nothing too formal yet. We have started to notice that if you take his clothes and nappy off in the bathroom he will stand next to the bath and try to force some wee out - he's usually sucessful which is killing the carpet! So we thought this might be a good time to try out the potty - will see how it goes.

Funny you posted this as i was going to ask! the prob is as im at work part time, the childminder isnt going yo have time etc to really give it a go - i know she will have to at some point but he is vety young! also im out and about so much i would have to stay in for a while!

althoughperhaps good idea to have one and juts sit him on it every now and again around bum change......

id love to know how you get on as if it's lookingt successful will def give a go!

The way I look at it is years back when there were no disposables and people had enough to do without washing nappies for years on end they did get babies trained earlier (so says my friends mum! lol!) so it should be doable for the majority of lo's.

like charli says though if htey don't know they are weeing/pooing then its not a good start, but I'd have thought that at least getting used to sitting on it and if they do anything and praising them its a good way to start. Course you may all be laughing at me for being so dumb 12 months down the line

I'm hoping cole will be fairly easy as he does tend to fuss when he's wet and always has

I am pretty sure Bren knows when he is doing a poo as he always goes to the side of the sofa and holds onto my sewing box lol!! Think we will probably try at times when it is obvious that he is trying to do something so he gets the idea and see what happens.

I'm sure it isn't going to be easy but it doesn't do any harm to try. Just got to buy a potty now lol!! x

With my elder 2 I waited for good weather and so was ok to let them run around with no nappy on in the day and they trained quite easy. So I will prob wait till springish time. But good idea to introduce the potty now so they can get used to it.

Well, I bought a potty today, Bren seems to be impressed that he has a new toy he is allowed to sit on without his nappy on lol!! So far he has pushed it around the living room and sat on the rim of it with his feet in it - this could get messy!! x

Wow had thought about potty training but only in the sense I figured I'd wait until it looked like he was aware of being wet and needing to to, I think around 18 months is what I expect. I do like the idea of just introducing the potty so it's familiar to them though... BUT definitely going to waitfor us as I want to wait until he's past the wanting to put everything in his mouth stage -yuck!

We bought a potty and baby seat for the toilet today and so far I am more impressed with the toilet seat. I think it is a better thing for Brendan to learn on than a potty as it is clearer what it is for - i.e. we go into the bathroom and sit on the toilet when we need a wee or poo! Hopefully if we put him on it when he is obviously trying for a number 2 then we may get some results even if it is slow going. I will keep you all updated anyway lol! x

We're planning on starting but nothing serious yet just gonna start by sitting him on potty after meals etc to get him used to what it used for. As still no way near walking though not even worth trying anything prop yet lol.

lol liz, that article is funny becaue that is actually how my mil potty trained her boys! (from egypt so i guess that's the excuse) newborn with a pan under their bums once fed etc...'sometimes she missed,sometimes she didn't'... when she suggested it to me before lo born (she was in fact disgusted her neices and nephews were in pampers!) i laughed it off (crazy woman pah!) and i'll be honest i still think it's a bit ott! she hasn't mentioned it since zachariah was born. i will definitely try and get zachariah used to a potty but i think i'll wait until he feels a bit more ready and not chase him around the house with a potty lol! having said that though now that he's 1 i don't think it would be quite as ridiculous as it is very obvious when he's getting down to #2s, so... maybe i could help with that and perhaps put him in training pants (don't they actually do 'feel youre wet 'nappies?) hmmmmmm undecided, i think i'm going to go with the flow, afterall i know i wasn't trained from birth and feel i have managed to conquer the toilet very well heehee! will be interested to hear how you get along though good luck

I actually read up about stuff like that article before cole was born and it made lots of sense and I planned to try it. However.... as with all good intentions I never did a thing about it!! The article does have a good idea though about underwear with a wrap over it to keep the worst of the wet away for accidents.